Direct Aid Program (DAP) PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2005 - 2006
The Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women (LECORVAW) – ‘Awareness Raising Campaign’
LECORVAW specialises in helping women who are victims of violence in Lebanese society and works diligently through a series of activities and awareness-raising campaigns to prevent such violence recurring. The Direct Aid Program provided funds to LECORVAW to raise awareness about domestic violence in order to prevent the abuse of women or to have incidents of domestic abuse reported earlier.
Women's Humanitarian Organisation (WHO) – ‘Developing Counselling Skills’
WHO provides educational support programs for children and adolescents in the Burj Al Burajneh refugee camp in the southern suburbs of Beirut. It runs a nursery, pre-school program, after-school program, and provides physiotherapy and health awareness programs for women and youth. In addition, WHO runs a women’s centre in the camp. In this project which was funded by the Direct Aid Program, WHO trained 10 existing staff members and university graduates in basic counselling and group facilitation skills. The project included the purchase of equipment facilitating both the course and further learning opportunities and reference and program development resources.
Autism Learning Institute for Applied Behaviour Analysis (ALIABA) - ‘Equipment for Teaching Autistic Children’
ALIABA are a non-Profit educational facility in the Metn district of Lebanon, assisting disadvantaged children with learning difficulties, in particular Autism. ALIABA employ the "Applied Behavioural Analysis" technique to enhance the learning capacity of autistic children. DAP funds provided a diverse range of audio visual and play equipment to aid in the development of the primary motor skills and attention span of children suffering autism
First Step Together Association (FISTA) – ‘Equipment for a School for Disabled Children’
The school provides services to 132 children of varied ability, background and needs. The high level of individual instruction required for children at the school means that there is seldom money left for enhancing furnishings with the aim of enhancing the school’s learning environment. Therefore, DAP funded the purchase of tables, chairs, cupboards and play equipment. The project complemented a grassroots initiative to rejuvenate the school which has seen the impact of the project significantly magnified.
SOS Children’s Villages – ‘Equipment for Family Houses in Ksarnaba’
SOS constructed a new children's village in Ksarnaba in the Bekaa Valley in 2006. The village will be home to 72 children in need of long-term family care. DAP funds provided curtains, rails and bed sheets for 9 houses in the new village.
Lebanese Organisation for Studies and Training (LOST) – ‘Playground Equipment’
DAP funds assisted LOST to establish a children's playground in a public garden in Baalbeck. The park provides children and parents a place to meet and play. DAP funds provided the equipment for the playground complementing a grassroots project to renovate and furnish the space.
UN Interim Force in Lebanon/ Lebanese Welfare Association for the Handicapped – ‘Hearing Aids’
DAP funds purchased a number of hearing aids for disadvantaged hearing impaired children. LWAH operate a hospital and community health clinic near Saida in southern Lebanon. The hospital caters to all people regardless of their ability to pay. This project was undertaken by the Humanitarian Cell, UNIFIL and coordinated with the Lebanese Welfare Association for the Handicapped (LWAH).
Al Mabarrat Association – ‘Providing Assistive Tools for Visually Impaired Students’
Iman Al Hadi Institution for the Deaf and Blind, one of the Mabarrat Association Institutions, is a Lebanese NGO specialising in youth, disability and education services. The school is non-profit and accepts many students without fees. DAP funds provided visual aids and braille text writers to the school for use by its students, both at home and at school, empowering visually impaired students to take maximum advantage of the education available to them
Armenian Prelacy Schools – ‘Psychometric Activity Games and Musical Instruments’
The Armenian Prelacy in Lebanon run 12 schools in different regions in the country with over 1,000 children of disadvantaged families attending. The schools also provide educational services to disabled students. This project provided psychometric play and musical equipment to improve the learning experience and motor skills of both able bodied and disabled students in Armenian prelacy schools. The equipment included climbing games, colour and shape matching games, problem solving games, basic cooperation games and more complicated games to promote creative thinking and spatial awareness.